Write place, write time: The Northern Nevada literary community is alive and growing

4:02 PM,
Mar. 9, 2014

Stacks of books related to Nevada or by Nevada authors at Sundance Books and Music Thursday.

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Twenty-five years ago, the Friends of the University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno created the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.

Nearly 50 writers from or associated with the Silver State - from Mark Twain to Robert Laxalt and 21st-century writers - are members. More than 30 writers have received the Silver Pen, a Hall of Fame award for writers considered in midcareer.

Nevada has long had a literary heritage, producing people who make waves in the world of words. That heritage seems to be growing in Northern Nevada. ...